Newsletter No. 57

CUHK NEWSLETTER Project Title C U H K Investigator(s) Amo u nt A p p r o v ed ( HK$ m i l l i o n) 57. Optoelectronic waveguide components for the next generation of communication systems Dr. H.K. Tsang Dr. K.T. Chan Dr. CC. Hsu 0.653 58. Metal silicides by ion implantation with an MEVVA ion source Dr. J.S.P. Wong Prof. I.H.Wilson 0.568 59. A vision system for autonomous guidance of indoor mobile robots Dr. H.T. Tsui Dr. C.K. Chan 0.303 60. Time-domain characterization, modelling and simulation of nonuniform VLSI interconnects Dr. F.Y. Chang Prof. O. Wing 0.503 61. Electrical bio-impedance technique and rheopneumography — validation of the modelling method and clinical application Mr. T.T.C. Choy Dr. H.S. Chan 0.404 Medicine 62. The diagnosis, prevalence of and risk factors for vertebral osteoporotic fracture in elderly Hong Kong Chinese Dr. E.M.C Lau Dr. J. Woo Prof. P.C. Leung Dr. Michael Lin Dr. M.H. Yip 0.514 63. Interaction of mesangial cells with polymeric IgA: Exploration of the mechanism of glomerular injury in IgA nephropathy Prof. K.N. Lai 0.315 64. Immunological defences in biliary tract infection Dr. J.Y. Sung Prof. K.N. Lai Dr. S.S.C. Chung 0.443 65. Local regulation of sperm and epididymal ion channels by epididymal microenvironment: Study of mechanisms essential for sperm maturation Dr. H.C. Chan Prof. P.Y.D. Wong 1.153 66. The role of prostaglandins, nitric oxide and neuropeptides in the regulation of synovial blood flow Dr. F.F.Y. Lam 0.521 67. The role of insulin resistance, its relationship with hypertension and the significance of autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (anti-GAD) in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus among Hong Kong Chinese Dr. J.C.N. Chan Dr. C.S. Cockram Dr. J.AJ.H. Critchley Dr. V.T.F. Yeung Dr. B. Tomlinson Dr. T.Y.K. Chan Dr. R.P. Young 0.546 68. Molecular studies on the mechanism of endocrine pancreatic factors in blood glucose control Dr. Y.C. Lee 0.673 69. Molecular determinants of the inhibitory synaptic transmission at an identified central synapse Dr. W.H.Yung 0.502 70. The synthesis and antibodies generation of F2-isoprostanes — a group of non-cyclooxygenase derived arachidonic acid metabolites Dr. W.M. Kan 0.383 71 .Molecular biology of hypertension: A study of the genetic markers of essential hypertension in the Chinese population of Hong Kong Dr. R.P. Young Dr. T.Y.K. Chan Dr. J.C.N. Chan Dr. B. Tomlinson Dr. J.E. Sanderson Dr. K.S. Woo Dr. J.A.J.H. Critchley 0.593 NO.57 AUGUST 1994 7